Beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's beach volleyball
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Men's beach volleyball; at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Copacabana Stadium
Dates	6–18 August 2016
Competitors	48 from 16 nations
Teams	24
Medalists
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Last updated August 12, 2024

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	2 October 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
2015 World Championships	26 June – 5 July 2015	Netherlands	1	Brazil
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking ^[1]	13 June 2016	Lausanne	15	Netherlands
				United States
				Netherlands
				United States
				Spain
				Latvia
				Russia
				Italy
				Poland
				Italy
				Austria
				Poland
				Germany
				Canada
				Mexico
2014–2016 AVC Continental Cup	20–26 June 2016	Cairns	1	Qatar
2014–2016 CAVB Continental Cup	3–9 May 2016	Kelibia	1	Tunisia
2014–2016 CEV Continental Cup	22–26 June 2016	Stavanger	1	Austria
2014–2016 CSV Continental Cup	22–26 June 2016	Santiago	1	Chile
2014–2016 NORCECA Continental Cup	20–26 June 2016	Guaymas	1	Cuba
2016 FIVB World Continental Cup	6–10 July 2016	Sochi	2	Canada
2016 FIVB World Continental Cup	6–10 July 2016	Sochi	2	Russia
Total			24

Pools composition

Twenty four teams were drawn in six pools of four teams. The top six teams from the FIVB beach volleyball Olympic ranking as of 12 June 2016^[2] were seeded at the first row of each pools from pool A to F. The seventh to ninth from the ranking were drawn first in pool F, E, or D. Then, the tenth to twelfth were drawn in pool C, B, or A. The drawing of lots number three belonged the thirteenth to seventeenth teams. They were drawn in pool A to E. The remaining spot of third row were one of five confederation continental cup champions. Next, the four remaining were drawn in pool F to C. Finally the winners and runners-up from World continental cup were drawn last two spots. The teams from the same national Olympic committee could not be the same pool, except the last drawing.^[3]

Group	Team	NOC
Seeding	Alison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar Schmidt	Brazil
	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen	Netherlands
	Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena	United States
	Evandro Oliveira / Pedro Solberg Salgado	Brazil
	Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst	Netherlands
	Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson	United States
Draw 1	Adrián Gavira / Pablo Herrera	Spain
	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Jānis Šmēdiņš	Latvia
	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Konstantin Semenov	Russia
Draw 2	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai	Italy
	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Łosiak	Poland
	Adrian Carambula / Alex Ranghieri	Italy
Draw 3	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst	Austria
	Grzegorz Fijałek / Mariusz Prudel	Poland
	Markus Böckermann / Lars Flüggen	Germany
	Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk	Canada
	Lombardo Ontiveros / Juan Virgen	Mexico
Draw 4–5	Jefferson Pereira / Cherif Younousse	Qatar
	Mohamed Arafet Naceur / Choaib Belhaj Salah	Tunisia
	Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl	Austria
	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt	Chile
	Nivaldo Díaz / Sergio González	Cuba
Draw 6	Josh Binstock / Sam Schachter	Canada
Draw 6	Dmitri Barsouk / Nikita Liamin	Russia

Draw

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA)	Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)	Dalhausser – Lucena (USA)
Carambula – Ranghieri (ITA)	Kantor – Łosiak (POL)	Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)
Doppler – Horst (AUT)	Böckermann – Flüggen (GER)	Ontiveros – Virgen (MEX)
Binstock – Schachter (CAN)	Barsouk – Liamin (RUS)	Belhaj – Naceur (TUN)

Pool D	Pool E	Pool F
Evandro – Pedro Solberg (BRA)	Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED)	Gibb – Patterson (USA)
Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš (LAT)	Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS)	Gavira – Herrera (ESP)
Saxton – Schalk (CAN)	Fijałek – Prudel (POL)	Huber – Seidl (AUT)
Díaz – González (CUB)	Grimalt E. – Grimalt M. (CHI)	Cherif – Jefferson (QAT)

Venue

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Copacabana Stadium
Capacity: 12,000

Format

The preliminary round was a competition between the twenty four teams divided into six groups of four teams. This round, the teams competed in a single round-robin format. The two highest ranked teams in each group and the two best third ranked teams advanced automatically to the knockout stage. The other four third ranked teams faced the lucky loser playoffs to take the last two spots. The fourth placed teams in each pool were ranked nineteenth in this competition. The losers from the lucky loser playoffs were tied seventeenth. The knockout stage followed the single-elimination format. The losers in the round of sixteen were ranked ninth. The four quarter-final losers finished fifth. The winners of the semi-finals competed for gold medals and the losers played for bronze medals.

Pool standing procedure

Match points (2 for the winner, 1 for the loser, 0 for forfeit)
Between 2 teams consider all teams points ratio / Between 3 teams consider head-to-head points ratio
Seeding position of the pools composition

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.^[4]

Osvaldo Sumavil
Mário Ferro
Elizir Martins de Oliveira
Lucie Guillemette
Wang Lijun
Juan Carlos Saavedra
Charalampos Papadogoulas
Davide Crescentini
Mariko Satomi
Carlos L. Rivera Rodriguez
Roman Pristovakin
Giovanni Bake
José Maria Padron
Jonas Personeni
Kritsada Panaseri
Daniel Apol

Preliminary round

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Carambula – Ranghieri (ITA)	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	127	119	1.067	Round of 16
2	Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA)	3	2	1	5	5	2	2.500	140	128	1.094
3	Doppler – Horst (AUT)	3	2	1	5	4	4	1.000	133	145	0.917
4	Binstock – Schachter (CAN)	3	0	3	3	2	6	0.333	137	145	0.945

Source: FIVB

6 August 2016 10:00	Carambula – Ranghieri	2–0	Doppler – Horst	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)
	(21–14, 21–13) Report

6 August 2016 11:00	Alison – Bruno Schmidt	2–0	Binstock – Schachter	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Wang Lijun (CHN)
	(21–19, 22–20) Report

8 August 2016 15:30	Alison – Bruno Schmidt	1–2	Doppler – Horst	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,593 Referees: Daniel Apol (USA), Kritsada Panaseri (THA)
	(21–23, 21–16, 13–15) Report

8 August 2016 21:00	Carambula – Ranghieri	2–1	Binstock – Schachter	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Jonas Personeni (SUI)
	(21–18, 14–21, 15–11) Report

10 August 2016 15:30	Alison – Bruno Schmidt	2–0	Carambula – Ranghieri	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,531 Referees: José Padron (ESP), Carlos Rodríguez (PUR)
	(21–19, 21–16) Report

11 August 2016 00:00	Doppler – Horst	2–1	Binstock – Schachter	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 1,953 Referees: Jonas Personeni (SUI), Giovanni Bake (RSA)
	(21–19, 16–21, 15–8) Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	138	121	1.140	Round of 16
2	Barsouk – Liamin (RUS)	3	2	1	5	4	2	2.000	113	194	0.582	Round of 16
3	Kantor – Łosiak (POL)	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	113	116	0.974	Lucky losers
4	Böckermann – Flüggen (GER)	3	0	3	3	1	6	0.167	117	140	0.836

Source: FIVB

6 August 2016 17:30	Brouwer – Meeuwsen	2–0	Barsouk – Liamin	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Juan Saavedra (COL), Daniel Apol (USA)
	(21–15, 21–14) Report

6 August 2016 21:00	Kantor – Łosiak	2–0	Böckermann – Flüggen	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 3,135 Referees: Lucie Guillemette (CAN), Mário Ferro (BRA)
	(21–11, 23–21) Report

8 August 2016 12:00	Kantor – Łosiak	0–2	Barsouk – Liamin	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Jonas Personeni (SUI)
	(14–21, 17–21) Report

8 August 2016 18:30	Brouwer – Meeuwsen	2–1	Böckermann – Flüggen	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,593 Referees: José Padron (ESP), Elzir De Oliveira (BRA)
	(21–19, 17–21, 16–14) Report

10 August 2016 16:30	Brouwer – Meeuwsen	2–0	Kantor – Łosiak	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,531 Referees: Daniel Apol (USA), Juan Saavedra (COL)
	(21–19, 21–19) Report

10 August 2016 23:00	Böckermann – Flüggen	0–2	Barsouk – Liamin	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 4,246 Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
	(14–21, 17–21) Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Dalhausser – Lucena (USA)	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	146	107	1.364	Round of 16
2	Ontiveros – Virgen (MEX)	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	123	108	1.139	Round of 16
3	Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)	3	1	2	4	4	4	1.000	144	142	1.014	Lucky losers
4	Belhaj – Naceur (TUN)	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	70	126	0.556

Source: FIVB

7 August 2016 12:00	Lupo – Nicolai	1–2	Ontiveros – Virgen	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,433 Referees: Juan Saavedra (COL), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
	(21–14, 14–21, 11–15) Report

7 August 2016 16:30	Dalhausser – Lucena	2–0	Belhaj – Naceur	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,924 Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Jonas Personeni (SUI)
	(21–7, 21–13) Report

9 August 2016 11:00	Dalhausser – Lucena	2–0	Ontiveros – Virgen	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 3,988 Referees: Juan Saavedra (COL), Elizir de Oliveira (BRA)
	(21–14, 21–17) Report

9 August 2016 22:00	Lupo – Nicolai	2–0	Belhaj – Naceur	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,671 Referees: Mariko Satomi (JPN), Juan Saavedra (COL)
	(21–17, 21–13) Report

11 August 2016 16:30	Dalhausser – Lucena	2–1	Lupo – Nicolai	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,241 Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)
	(21–13, 17–21, 24–22) Report

11 August 2016 16:30	Ontiveros – Virgen	2–0	Belhaj – Naceur	Copacabana Stadium Court 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Giovanni Bake (RSA), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
	(21–10, 21–10) Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Díaz – González (CUB)	3	3	0	6	6	2	3.000	159	142	1.120	Round of 16
2	Evandro – Pedro Solberg (BRA)	3	1	2	4	4	5	0.800	157	159	0.987	Round of 16
3	Saxton – Schalk (CAN)	3	1	2	4	3	5	0.600	138	149	0.926	Lucky losers
4	Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš (LAT)	3	1	2	4	4	5	0.800	150	164	0.915

Source: FIVB

7 August 2016 17:30	Evandro – Pedro Solberg	1–2	Díaz – González	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,540 Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)
	(22–24, 23–21, 13–15) Report

8 August 2016 00:00	Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš	2–1	Saxton – Schalk	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,274 Referees: Elzir De Oliveira (BRA), Daniel Apol (USA)
	(21–17, 18–21, 15–13) Report

9 August 2016 10:00	Evandro – Pedro Solberg	1–2	Saxton – Schalk	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 3,988 Referees: Daniel Apol (USA), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
	(21–17, 18–21, 14–16) Report

9 August 2016 15:30	Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš	1–2	Díaz – González	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,353 Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Jonas Personeni (SUI)
	(21–23, 21–19. 9–15) Report

11 August 2016 11:00	Saxton – Schalk	0–2	Díaz – González	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,838 Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Elzir De Oliveira (BRA)
	(15–21, 18–21) Report

11 August 2016 17:30	Evandro – Pedro Solberg	2–1	Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,722 Referees: Jonas Personeni (SUI), Wang Lijun (CHN)
	(21–16, 20–22, 15–7) Report

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS)	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	134	103	1.301	Round of 16
2	Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED)	3	2	1	5	5	3	1.667	142	126	1.127	Round of 16
3	Fijałek – Prudel (POL)	3	1	2	4	3	5	0.600	126	140	0.900	Lucky losers
4	Grimalt E. – Grimalt M. (CHI)	3	0	3	3	1	6	0.167	103	136	0.757

Source: FIVB

7 August 2016 13:00	Nummerdor – Varenhorst	2–0	Grimalt E. – Grimalt M.	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,433 Referees: Elzir De Oliveira (BRA), Kritsada Panaseri (THA)
	(21–16, 21–13) Report

7 August 2016 23:00	Krasilnikov – Semenov	2–0	Fijałek – Prudel	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,329 Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
	(21–14, 21–13) Report

9 August 2016 17:30	Nummerdor – Varenhorst	2–1	Fijałek – Prudel	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,590 Referees: Jonas Personeni (SUI), Giovanni Bake (RSA)
	(21–17, 19–21, 15–9) Report

9 August 2016 23:00	Krasilnikov – Semenov	2–0	Grimalt E. – Grimalt M.	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,875 Referees: José Padron (ESP), Carlos Rodríguez (PUR)
	(21–17, 21–14) Report

11 August 2016 12:00	Fijałek – Prudel	2–1	Grimalt E. – Grimalt M.	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,838 Referees: Juan Saavedra (COL), José Padron (ESP)
	(21–13, 16–21, 15–9) Report

11 August 2016 13:00	Nummerdor – Varenhorst	1–2	Krasilnikov – Semenov	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,838 Referees: Daniel Apol (USA), Kritsada Panaseri (THA)
	(15–21, 21–14, 9–15) Report

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Gavira – Herrera (ESP)	3	2	1	5	5	4	1.250	153	147	1.041	Round of 16
2	Cherif – Jefferson (QAT)	3	2	1	5	4	4	1.000	135	145	0.931
3	Huber – Seidl (AUT)	3	1	2	4	4	4	1.000	145	140	1.036
4	Gibb – Patterson (USA)	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	125	126	0.992

Source: FIVB

6 August 2016 16:30	Gibb – Patterson	2–0	Cherif – Jefferson	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Kritsada Panaseri (THA)
	(21–16, 21–16) Report

6 August 2016 22:00	Gavira – Herrera	2–1	Huber – Seidl	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 3,135 Referees: Jonas Personeni (SUI), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
	(14–21, 21–17, 15–13) Report

8 August 2016 13:00	Gavira – Herrera	1–2	Cherif – Jefferson	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Lucie Guillemette (CAN)
	(21–13, 18–21, 12–15) Report

8 August 2016 16:30	Gibb – Patterson	0–2	Huber – Seidl	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,593 Referees: Elzir De Oliveira (BRA), José Padron (ESP)
	(18–21, 18–21) Report

10 August 2016 11:00	Gibb – Patterson	1–2	Gavira – Herrera	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,245 Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Giovanni Bake (RSA)
	(19–21, 21–16, 7–15) Report

10 August 2016 12:00	Huber – Seidl	1–2	Cherif – Jefferson	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,245 Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Jonas Personeni (SUI)
	(21–18, 19–21, 12–15) Report

Lucky losers

The table below shows the ranking of third-placed teams in the preliminary round. The top two teams will advance to next round automatically. The other teams will compete for the two remaining spots. The third-ranked team will play with the sixth-ranked team, and the fourth-ranked team will play with the fifth-ranked team.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Doppler – Horst (AUT)	3	2	1	5	5	2	2.500	133	145	0.917	Round of 16
2	Huber – Seidl (AUT)	3	1	2	4	4	4	1.000	145	140	1.036	Round of 16
3	Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)	3	1	2	4	4	4	1.000	144	142	1.014	Lucky loser playoffs
4	Saxton – Schalk (CAN)	3	1	2	4	3	5	0.600	138	149	0.926
5	Fijałek – Prudel (POL)	3	1	2	4	3	5	0.600	126	140	0.900
6	Kantor – Łosiak (POL)	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	113	116	0.974

Source: FIVB

Lucky loser playoffs

11 August 2016 23:00	Lupo – Nicolai	2–1	Kantor – Łosiak	Copacabana Stadium Court 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Wang Lijun (CHN)
	(21–12, 15–21, 15–13) Report

11 August 2016 23:00	Saxton – Schalk	2–0	Fijałek – Prudel	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,741 Referees: Juan Saavedra (COL), Davide Crescentini (ITA)
	(21–19. 21–18) Report

Knockout stage

The round of sixteen pair up weer determined by drawing of lots. The six first ranked teams in preliminary pools were separated automatically. Then, the lucky loser playoffs winners were drawn. The two best third ranked were drawn next. And, the last drawing belonged to the second ranked teams. The teams in the same pool from preliminary round could not meet in round of 16.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Gold medal

12 August

Carambula – Ranghieri (ITA)

0

15 August

Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)

2

Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)

2

13 August

Barsouk – Liamin (RUS)

1

Evandro – Pedro Solberg (BRA)

1

16 August

Barsouk – Liamin (RUS)

2

Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)

2

12 August

Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS)

1

Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS)

2

15 August

Cherif – Jefferson (QAT)

0

Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS)

2

12 August

Díaz – González (CUB)

1

Doppler – Horst (AUT)

0

18 August

Díaz – González (CUB)

2

Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)

0

13 August

Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA)

2

Dalhausser – Lucena (USA)

2

15 August

Huber – Seidl (AUT)

0

Dalhausser – Lucena (USA)

1

13 August

Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA)

2

Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA)

2

16 August

Gavira – Herrera (ESP)

0

Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA)

2

12 August

Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)

1

Bronze medal

Ontiveros – Virgen (MEX)

0

15 August

18 August

Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED)

2

Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED)

0

Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS)

0

13 August

Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)

2

Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)

2

Saxton – Schalk (CAN)

0

Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)

2

Round of 16

12 August 2016 12:00	Krasilnikov – Semenov	2–0	Cherif – Jefferson	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,237 Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
	(21–13, 21–13) Report

12 August 2016 15:00	Doppler – Horst	0–2	Díaz – González	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,756 Referees: Daniel Apol (USA), Jonas Personeni (SUI)
	(17–21, 14–21) Report

12 August 2016 20:00	Ontiveros – Virgen	0–2	Nummerdor – Varenhorst	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,878 Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), José Padron (ESP)
	(18–21, 15–21) Report

12 August 2016 23:00	Carambula – Ranghieri	0–2	Lupo – Nicolai	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,247 Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Juan Saavedra (COL)
	(12–21, 21–23) Report

13 August 2016 11:00	Alison – Bruno Schmidt	2–0	Gavira – Herrera	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,989 Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Wang Lijun (CHN)
	(24–22, 21–13) Report

13 August 2016 16:00	Evandro – Pedro Solberg	1–2	Barsouk – Liamin	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,778 Referees: Juan Saavedra (COL), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
	(21–16, 14–21, 10–15) Report

13 August 2016 19:00	Saxton – Schalk	0–2	Brouwer – Meeuwsen	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,449 Referees: Jonas Personeni (SUI), Davide Crescentini (ITA)
	(12–21, 15–21) Report

13 August 2016 23:59	Dalhausser – Lucena	2–0	Huber – Seidl	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,180 Referees: José Padron (ESP), Kritsada Panaseri (THA)
	(21–14, 21–15) Report

Quarterfinals

15 August 2016 16:00	Dalhausser – Lucena	1–2	Alison – Bruno Schmidt	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,256 Referees: Jonas Personeni (SUI), Mariko Satomi (JPN)
	(14–21, 21–12, 9–15) Report

15 August 2016 17:00	Nummerdor – Varenhorst	0–2	Brouwer – Meeuwsen	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: José Padron (ESP), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
	(23–25, 17–21) Report

15 August 2016 23:00	Lupo – Nicolai	2–1	Barsouk – Liamin	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 3,318 Referees: Daniel Apol (USA), Elzir De Oliveira (BRA)
	(21–18, 20–22, 15–11) Report

15 August 2016 23:59	Krasilnikov – Semenov	2–1	Díaz – González	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,042 Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Mário Ferro (BRA)
	(22–20, 22–24, 18–16) Report

Semifinals

16 August 2016 17:00	Alison – Bruno Schmidt	2–1	Brouwer – Meeuwsen	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Roman Pristovakin (RUS)
	(21–17, 21–23, 16–14) Report

16 August 2016 23:00	Lupo – Nicolai	2–1	Krasilnikov – Semenov	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Elizir de Oliveira (BRA)
	(15–21, 21–16, 15–13) Report

Bronze medal game

18 August 2016 22:00	Brouwer – Meeuwsen	2–0	Krasilnikov – Semenov	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 3,622 Referees: Elizir de Oliveira (BRA), Davide Crescentini (ITA)
	(23–21, 22–20) Report

Gold medal game

18 August 2016 23:59	Alison – Bruno Schmidt	2–0	Lupo – Nicolai	Copacabana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,199 Referees: Jonas Personeni (SUI), Daniel Apol (USA)
	(21–19, 21–17) Report

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Seed
	Alison – Bruno Schmidt (BRA)	1
	Lupo – Nicolai (ITA)	10
	Brouwer – Meeuwsen (NED)	2
4	Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS)	9
5	Dalhausser – Lucena (USA)	3
	Nummerdor – Varenhorst (NED)	5
	Barsouk – Liamin (RUS)	9
	Díaz – González (CUB)	24
9	Evandro – Pedro Solberg (BRA)	4
	Gavira – Herrera (ESP)	7
	Carambula – Ranghieri (ITA)	12
	Doppler – Horst (AUT)	13
	Ontiveros – Virgen (MEX)	15
	Saxton – Schalk (CAN)	16
	Huber – Seidl (AUT)	18
	Cherif – Jefferson (QAT)	19
17	Kantor – Łosiak (POL)	11
17	Fijałek – Prudel (POL)	16
19	Gibb – Patterson (USA)	6
	Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš (LAT)	9
	Böckermann – Flüggen (GER)	14
	Grimalt E. – Grimalt M. (CHI)	20
	Belhaj – Naceur (TUN)	22
	Binstock – Schachter (CAN)	24

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References

↑ "FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking - Men". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball . Retrieved 7 October 2015.
↑ "FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking - Men". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball . Retrieved 7 October 2015.
↑ "Rio 2016 Olympic beach volleyball drawing of lots Saturday in Gstaad". FIVB . Retrieved 10 July 2016.
↑ "Volleyball List of Referees". FIVB . Retrieved 4 August 2016.

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[1] "FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking - Men". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball . Retrieved 7 October 2015.

[2] "FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking - Men". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball . Retrieved 7 October 2015.

[3] "Rio 2016 Olympic beach volleyball drawing of lots Saturday in Gstaad". FIVB . Retrieved 10 July 2016.

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Beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Contents

Qualification

Pools composition

Venue

Format

Pool standing procedure

Referees

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Pool E

Pool F

Lucky losers

Lucky loser playoffs

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final ranking

See also

Related Research Articles

References

External links

Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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Qualification	men	women
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v t e Events at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio de Janeiro)
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Chronological summary Medal table List of medalists

v t e Beach volleyball at the Summer Olympics
	1896–1992 1996 men women 2000 men women 2004 men women 2008 men women 2012 men women 2016 men women 2020 men women 2024 men women
List of medalists List of venues

v t e Olympic champions in beach volleyball
Women	1996: Jackie Silva & Sandra Pires (BRA) 2000: Natalie Cook & Kerri Pottharst (AUS) 2004: Kerri Walsh & Misty May (USA) 2008: Kerri Walsh & Misty May-Treanor (USA) 2012: Kerri Walsh Jennings & Misty May-Treanor (USA) 2016: Laura Ludwig & Kira Walkenhorst (GER) 2020: Alix Klineman & April Ross (USA) 2024: Ana Patrícia & Duda Lisboa (BRA)
Men	1996: Karch Kiraly & Kent Steffes (USA) 2000: Dain Blanton & Eric Fonoimoana (USA) 2004: Ricardo Santos & Emanuel Rego (BRA) 2008: Phil Dalhausser & Todd Rogers (USA) 2012: Julius Brink & Jonas Reckermann (GER) 2016: Alison Cerutti & Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA) 2020: Anders Mol & Christian Sørum (NOR) 2024: David Åhman & Jonatan Hellvig (SWE)